Lab Technician

at  University of Toronto

Date Posted: 01/31/2025
Req ID: 41524
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering
Department: Institute of Biomedical Engineering
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Position Number: 00057320

ABOUT US:

The Institute of Biomedical Engineering (IBME) is a multidisciplinary research community where investigators across engineering, medicine and dentistry collaborate to develop innovative solutions that address global challenges in human health. Located in the heart of Canada’s largest health-care research network, our faculty offer quality education to students who receive training in biomedical and clinical engineering. These highly experienced faculty have been involved in launching more than 20 start-up companies and driving three major biomedical engineering commercialization ventures. Our faculty and students routinely publish in top journals in the Nature, Cell and Advanced Materials family journals.

YOUR OPPORTUNITY:

We are looking for a dynamic, highly motivated team member to help move our projects from discovery to application. You will join a lively, dynamic, creative, dedicated and friendly group of ~12 undergraduate students, graduate students and post-docs within the Gilbert lab at the University of Toronto. The team investigates muscle stem cell mechanobiology and has developed skeletal muscle microphysiological technologies such as MEnDR, IDLE,MyoTACTIC for discovery and preclinical studies. You will have an opportunity to interact with all members of this creative team, helping to shape new research publications through technical help with experiments and supply ordering. You will report to the group leader, Professor Penney Gilbert. BME provides an open, professional environment that fosters a culture built on respect, goal orientation, self-motivation, accountability, and teamwork.

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biomedical Engineering, Biology, Life Science, Chemical Engineering or a similar field or an acceptable combination of equivalent experience.
• Minimum one year related experience in an academic laboratory
• Experience with animal husbandry and genotyping
• Experience culturing skeletal muscle myoblasts from the following sources: primary cells, immortalized lines, induced pluripotent stem cells-derived
• Experience and skills in skeletal muscle tissue cryopreservation and cryosectioning
• Experience and proficient in 2D and 3D mammalian cell culture techniques
• Experience in flow cytometry and flowjo analysis software
• Experience and knowledge of laboratory safety protocols
• Knowledge of basic cell and molecular biology
• Skill in murine skeletal muscle tissue dissection (tibialis anterior, extensor digitorum longus)
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Adept in muscle stem cell prospective isolation from skeletal muscle tissue
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment
• Demonstrated initiative, judgement, and attention to detail

LIVED EXPERIENCE STATEMENT

Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE:

• Applying established standards when preparing routine samples for research projects and/or experiments
• Collecting experimental data, verifying results and passing on findings
• Preparing aliquots
• Applying established standards when determining material requirements for lab set up based on timetables and requisitions information
• Following rules and procedural instructions when restocking glassware in laboratories and/or store rooms
• Paying closeattention to occupational safety precautions
• Ordering supplies with approval
• Providing orientation to others on work procedures and practices

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL BE:

• Meticulous
• Organized
• Proactive
• Problem solver
• Responsible
• Self-directed